Foreign Relations of Chile - Europe

The first bilateral relations dates back from 1846. Austria has an embassy in Santiago de Chile and 3 honorary consulates (in Arica, Valdivia and Valparaíso). Chile has an embassy in Vienna and 3 honorary consulates (in Linz, Klagenfurt and Salzburg).

• Chile has an embassy in Zagreb and honorary consulates in Rijeka and Split.
• Croatia has an embassy in Santiago and honorary consulates in Antofagasta and Punta Arenas.
• The Senate of Chile has awarded Croatian President Stjepan Mesić an order of merit, to honor the improvement of bilateral relations between Croatia and Chile. While representing Chile, senate vice president Baldo Prokurica stated that he found areas for stronger collaboration in future in oil and gas research and shipyards and he expressed an interest in Chilean students' having scholarships in Croatia.
• There are between 380,000 and 500,000 people of Croatian descent living in Chile.
• Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration: list of bilateral treaties with Chile

• Chile re-recognized Estonia on August 28, 1991 and diplomatic relations between the two countries were established on September 27, 1991. Chile is represented in Estonia through its ambassador who resides in Helsinki (Finland) and through an honorary consulate in Tallinn. Estonia is represented in Chile through an honorary consulate in Santiago. The current Chilean ambassador to Estonia, Carlos Parra Merino, officially presented his credentials to the Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves in June 2007. Carlos Parra Merino resides in Helsinki.
• An agreement on visa-free travel between Estonia and Chile came to force in 2 December 2000. The two countries also have in force a Memorandum on co-operation between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs. Agreements on cultural, tourism, and IT cooperation are being readied.
• Chile is among Estonia's most important foreign trade partners in South America.
• In 2007, trade between Estonia and Chile was valued at 6.3 million EUR. Estonian exports included mainly machinery, mechanical equipment, and mineral fuels; Chile exports included mainly wine, fish, crustaceans and fruit. In 2004, 83% of Chile exports to Estonia, then totaling 2.4 million EUR, consisted of wine. In 2008, Chilean wines held the highest share of Estonia's imported wine market, followed by Spanish wines. Due to its climate being unsuitable for large-scale grape production, most wine sold in Estonia is imported.
• In 2006, Estonia and Chile issued the joint Antarctic themed stamp series, designed by Ülle Marks and Jüri Kass, bearing images of the Emperor penguin and the minke whale. The works of Chilean writers Isabel Allende, Pablo Neruda and José Donoso have been translated into Estonian.

Chile recognised Finland's independence on June 17, 1919. Diplomatic relations between them were established in 1931 and have been continuously maintained, despite pressures at times to discontinue them. The two countries maintain resident ambassadors in both capitals.

• Since 1832, Greece has had an Embassy in Santiago, along with an Honorary Consulate in Antofagasta.
• Since 1833, Chile has an Embassy in Athens and Honorary Consulates in Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Crete and Kalamata.
• Chilean Ministry of External Relations about relations with Greece (in Spanish)
• Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Chile
• Greek embassy in Santiago

• Chile has an embassy in Dublin.
• Ireland is represented in Chile through its embassy in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and an honorary consulate in Santiago.

• On December 23, 2010, a bomb exploded in the hands of a security guard at the Chilean embassy in Rome, following a nearly identical attack several hours earlier on the Swiss embassy. In the hours after the attack, the source of the bombs remained unknown, but the Italian press suggested an eco-terrorism link.
• Chile has an embassy in Rome and a general consulate in Milan.
• Italy has an embassy in Santiago.
• Both countries are full members of the Latin Union.
• There are around 600,000 - 800,000 people of Italian descent living in Chile.

• In 1965 diplomatic relations were renewed. Even though most of the Eastern European countries broke their relations with Chile after 1973. Romania and the former Yugoslavia kept their representations in Santiago and the Chilean government didn't close their offices in Belgrade and Bucharest.
• Approximately 3,000 Chileans looked for asylum in Romania during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
• Chile has an embassy in Bucharest and honorary consulates in Braşov and Cluj-Napoca.
• Romania has an embassy in Santiago.
• "Romania, Chile to intensify bilateral commercial relations". Rompres News Agency. March 29, 2002. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F96CC322EE631AC&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM.
• "Romanian premier, Chilean president discuss need to boost economic ties". Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. October 11, 2004. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-13644179_ITM.
• "Romanian Speakers of parliament, Chilean president view bilateral ties.". Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. October 11, 2004. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-13644384_ITM.
• "Romanian Speaker wants special partnership between Chile, EU". Rompres news agency. August 1, 2007. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11AC6F35A0047110&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM.

• Chile has an embassy in Moscow and two honorary consulates (in Saint Petersburg and Vladivostok).
• Russia has an embassy in Santiago.

Chile was the first country in Latin America which recognized Turkey with the Friendship Treaty, on January 30, 1926. In Santiago, there can be found the Turkish Republic Square, Atatürk College and Atatürk monument. The Turkish embassy in Chile is the first embassy of Turkey opened in Latin America. In addition Turkey includes a Chile Square in Ankara inaugurated on September 18, 1970 that contains the Bernardo O'Higgins Monument. The Pablo Neruda square in Turkey was inaugurated in 2007.

• Chile is represented in Ukraine through its embassy in Moscow (Russia) and through an honorary consulate in Kiev.
• Ukraine is represented in Chile through its embassy in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
• Both countries are members of the Non-Aligned Movement.

• Chile supported Britain politically, to a degree during the Falklands War. To an extent Britain supported Pinochet.
• Chile has typically been Britain's strongest partner in South America. Britain has played an important role in shaping Chile's politics and government, throughout the ages (especially in its fight for independence)